Extension of 5 years time to Pass Departmental Tests to VH Employees

Extension of 5 years time to Pass Departmental Tests, Government of Andhra Pradesh, General Administration Department has issued Government Order Ms.No.193 on May 28, 2014. As per GO.Ms.No.748, Dated: 29.12.2008.

Government allowed five (5) years time to acquire the qualification of Tests prescribed under the rules for the Visually Handicapped Employees, who are otherwise qualified for promotion and during this time the Books and Codes will be prepared and made available in Braille Script instead of totally exempting them from passing Departmental Tests.

In this order Government decide to extend another 5 (five) years time to acquire the qualification of Tests prescribed under the rules by the Visually Handicapped Employees.

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
Public Services – Promotion to the higher posts – Visually Handicapped Employees – Passing of Departmental Tests for promotion to next higher categories – extended another 5 years-time allowed – Orders – Issued.

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION(SER.C)DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No. 193;  Dated:28:05:2014,

Read the following:
1.G.O.Ms.No.748, Genl. Admn.(Ser.C) Dept., dated 29.12.2008.
2.Representation from the Visually Challenged Employees Association. Andhra Pradesh dated 08.01.2014.

ORDER :-
In the G.O. first read above, Government allowed five (5) years time to acquire the qualification of Tests prescribed under the rules for the Visually Handicapped Employees, who are otherwise qualified for promotion and during this time the Books and Codes will be prepared and made available in Braille Script instead of totally exempting them from passing Departmental Tests.

The Visually Challenged Employees Association in the representation 2nd read above have represented that as per the orders issued in the G.O. first read above several eligible visually handicapped employees have been promoted, but neither their salaries were increased nor their services regularized.

Further those who got promoted under the said G.O. should clear the prescribed test within five years from the date of their promotion in order to become eligible to salary increment and service regularization and many Visually handicapped employees are reported to have been undergoing a mental trauma for they were given promotions only for the name sake but without any benefit and the said G.O. was expired on 31.12.2013 but the books in Braille script are still not made available.

Government after careful examination, decide to extend another 5 (five) years time to acquire the qualification of Tests prescribed under the rules by the Visually Handicapped Employees.

It is further ordered that those visually challenged employees, promoted under said G.O.Ms.No.748, G.A.(Ser.C) Department, dated:29.12.2008 will be eligible for increments, service regularization, and also eligible for automatic advancement scheme routinely granted at spells of 6,12,18 and 24 years service and all other financial benefits, as available to any other employee who got promotion by virtue of G.O.Ms.No.748, G.A.(Ser.C)Department, dated:29.12.2008.

The following notification will be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazetted.

NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India and of all other powers hereunto enabling, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the following Ad-hoc rule, namely:-

Ad-hoc Rule
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service Rules or the Special Rules governing the post, the Visually Handicapped employees who have not passed the tests prescribed under the rules but otherwise qualified for promotion may be promoted to the post subject to acquiring the qualification of such tests within a period of five years from the date of promotion and during this time, the books and codes shall be prepared and made available in Braille Script.

The preparation of books and codes in Braille Script for passing of tests shall be reviewed after a period of five years. Such employees now to be promoted in pursuance to this order will be eligible for all the benefits stated in para-2 above. Extension of 5 years time to Pass Departmental Tests

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